Oh no! Not the Spanish subjunctive again! No need to worry. This 2-3 week unit has everything you need to spice up the present Spanish subjuntivo: games, songs, web activities, quizzes, tests, a teaching guide, funny animal pics for memes, and so

Do your students struggle to learn the Spanish question words and how to use them? This Spanish interrogatives unit has everything you need to teach your students how to ask questions with ease and fluidity. It includes: games, Internet

Need some time to bake pies and clean the house before your guests come or to pack before you travel to visit relatives? This Spanish Thanksgiving bundle of print and go writing activities, lesson plans, games, and crafts has everything you need to

Do your students struggle with Spanish AR verb conjugations? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell verbs and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 50 AR verb

Do your students struggle to learn the Spanish question words, interrogatives? Are they unable to use them in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 13 interactive notebook trifold flashcards will

Do your students struggle with the preterite and imperfect tenses? Are they unable to use pretérito and imperfecto verbs correctly in a sentence without conjugating in their heads? Do they have trouble differentiating between the preterite vs. the

Do your students struggle with preterite conjugations for AR and reflexive verbs? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on their quizzes?

Do your students struggle with reflexive verb conjugations? Are they unable to these verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 25 reflexive verb

Help your students learn their Spanish fruits, vegetables and other foods with these colorful flashcards and activities for over 120 foods.
* 14 pages of mini Spanish food flashcards to make student sets (photo on the front, Spanish on the back)
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Do your students struggle to learn the Spanish alphabet? Do they have trouble pronouncing the letters? These 40 interactive notebook alphabet and punctuation flashcards will help your students will master their letters and their pronunciation.

Do your students struggle with conjugating verbs like gustar? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 5 verbs like

Check out this innovative way to introduce your students to the expressions with tener. These 14 tener expressions Spanish interactive notebook trifold flashcards will teach your students how to use these expressions (and other tricky grammar)

Do your students struggle with verb conjugations? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell verbs and misuse common grammar on their quizzes? These 15 ER verb interactive

Do your students struggle to learn Spanish verbs, vocabulary, and grammar? Are they unable to use verbs or vocab correctly in a sentence? Do they misspell them and misuse common grammar on quizzes? These 330 interactive notebook flashcards will

Use these Spanish speaking countries flashcards to help your students learn the Hispanic countries and their flags. You can use this as a station activity, as a class speaking activity, or as a challenge activity for your high achievers.
* Country

Do your students struggle with learning the Spanish school supplies? Are they unable to use their new vocabulary in a sentence correctly? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on quizzes?
These 22 Spanish school supplies interactive

Do your homeschool or classroom students struggle with Spanish present tense irregular verbs? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell words and misuse common grammar on their

Use these 17 interactive notebook Spanish weather flashcards and your students will master weather expressions quickly and easily. Students look at the photos and flip the cards to learn the weather in Spanish.
♦ 20 Photo Flashcards (picture on

Do your students struggle to learn Spanish numbers? Do they have to count in their heads to figure out how to say a number? These 120 interactive notebook numbers flashcards will help your students master their numbers, 1-1,000,000.
* 120 Color

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

* High School French and Spanish Teacher for 9 years; dual certification in Massachusetts and New York

* Designed and created my own curriculum to teach kids ages, 3-7, in my home

* Taught elementary students and adults in community centers and at after-school programs

* Currently home with my kids and raising them bilingually (definitely challenging at times, but worth it)

Working with all different types of students from PreK-HS seniors, from urban and suburban backgrounds, and from challenging students to high achievers has taught me that kids are kids.

No matter what their background or where they’re from, deep down all they really want is to know that you care about them.

MY TEACHING STYLE

* I am a firm believer in active learning. The more hands-on and exciting the lessons, the more the students get involved, and the more language they learn.

* I immerse my students in the target language and expect them to use it consistently in class. It’s amazing to see how they rise to high expectations. By the end of the school year, they feel comfortable communicating in the language, not only with me, but also with their peers.

* To me, each class is a big family – we take care of each other and help one another succeed.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

* 1 of 16 teachers selected from across the U.S. for a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship to travel and study in Mexico for a month

* Top 100 High School Seller on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Top 1000 Seller Worldwide on TeachersPayTeachers.com

* Have sold over 10,000 resources to teachers across the globe

Shining Teaching Moment:

* Getting a girl with severe disabilities who spoke only a few words and rarely smiled, to laugh and sing a song with me

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

* Wellesley College – B.A. French, minor in Education, semester in Paris, studying at Jussieu and with NYU program

* Harvard University – Continuing Education class in Spanish

* Middlebury College – M.A. Spanish

Raising my two kids bilingually has perhaps given me the best opportunity to learn and grow as a teacher. Watching the natural language learning process first-hand is incredible!

Kids don’t study flashcards or conjugate verbs when they’re learning their native language; they are immersed in the language and use it to communicate their needs, wants, and feelings.

The resources that I create reflect this native language learning style, but are adapted to the constraints of a regular classroom setting.

* Selected as a First Team All-American Field Hockey player in college and my #16 seed team defeated the #1 seed to go on to play in the Final Four. Very exciting!

* I’m secretly a big goofball and love being the center of attention and making people laugh.

* My graduate school nickname was “Buscapalabras” (She who looks up words), because I had taken only 8 classes of beginner to intermediate Spanish before jumping into a Masters’ program in grad school. Carried an enormous dictionary around with me all the time and constantly looked up words.

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